Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will
drive him.
But power has its
price.
It is the morning of
the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the
Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one
shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow
has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that
Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his
fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against
him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the
female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates
are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could
lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will
be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel
for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules
against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.